SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMáN. Atlético Tucumán and River Plate didn’t manage to score any goal on Wednesday. River Plate was much better in terms of ball possession (70%).
Esequiel Barco squandered a decisive penalty (28′). That would have allowed River Plate to win the match.
Esequiel Barco squandered 1 penalty (28′) for River Plate. Also, didn’t convert 1 penalty (28′) for River Plate.
The match was played at the Estadio Monumental Presidente José Fierro stadium in San Miguel de Tucumán on Wednesday and it started at 9:30 pm local time. The referee was Nazareno Arasa with the support of Juan Pablo Belatti and Cristian Navarro. The 4th official was Brian Ferreyra. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.03 degrees Celsius or 86.05 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.
Match Statistics
- ! 30 Ball Possession 70
Shots
- 11 Total 7
- 5 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 4
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 89 Attack 108
- 57 Dangerous attack 64
- 88 Ball safe 111
- 0 Penalties 2
- 7 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
River Plate had a superior ball possession 70% while Atlético Tucumán was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
River Plate had a more offensive attitude with 64 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough River Plate to win the match.
Atlético Tucumán shot 11 times, 5 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, River Plate shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Atlético Tucumán received 1 yellow card (Guillermo Acosta). On the opposite side, River Plate received 2 yellow cards (Sebastián Boselli and Enzo Díaz).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Atlético Tucumán has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to go down in the 2nd place. On the opposite side, River Plate will has 0 points like Argentinos Juniors to move up in the 21st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Superliga, Atlético Tucumán will host Huracán on the 18th of November with a 3-2 head to head record in favor of Huracán (3 draws).
River Plate will host TBC on the 18th of November with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Atlético Tucumán – Formation
Atlético Tucumán
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Atlético Tucumán started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
The manager Sergio Gómez decided to play with the following team: José Devecchi , Néstor Breitenbruch , Gianluca Ferrari , Francisco Flores , Matías Orihuela , Renzo Tesuri , Adrián Sánchez , Guillermo Acosta , Nicolás Castro , Joaquín Pereyra and Marcelo Estigarribia .
The home team had on the bench: Gonzalo Paz , Nicolás Servetto , Mateo Bajamich, Agustín Lagos, Sergio Ortíz , Francisco Bonfiglio, Tomás Durso, Tomás Castro Ponce, Juan Infante, Mateo Coronel , Justo Giani and Julián Carrasco.
Atlético Tucumán could not rely on the presence of Gonzalo Paz (injured) and Justo Giani (injured).
Substitutions
Atlético Tucumán made 5 changes: Nicolás Castro for Mateo Coronel (78′), Gianluca Ferrari for Gonzalo Paz (73′), Guillermo Acosta for Sergio Ortíz (72′), Marcelo Estigarribia for Nicolás Servetto (72′) and Renzo Tesuri for Justo Giani (84′).
Player of the match: Joaquín Pereyra
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Atlético Tucumán was Joaquín Pereyra.
His rating is with 23 passes (63% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 17 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
River Plate – Formation
River Plate
River Plate started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Martín Gastón Demichelis played with: Franco Armani , Marcelo Herrera , Sebastián Boselli , Ramiro Funes Mori , Enzo Díaz , Nacho Fernández , N. Fonseca , Rodrigo Aliendro , Esequiel Barco , Miguel Borja and Facundo Colidio .
These were the players on the bench: David Martínez, Agustín Palavecino , Leandro González Pírez, Paulo Díaz, Milton Casco, Rodrigo Villagra , Agustín Sant’Anna , F. Mastantuono , A. Ruberto , Ezequiel Centurión, Tobías Leiva and I. Subiabre.
River Plate could not rely on the presence of A. Ruberto (injured).
Substitutions
River Plate made 5 changes: Miguel Borja for A. Ruberto (56′), Rodrigo Aliendro for Rodrigo Villagra (67′), Esequiel Barco for F. Mastantuono (46′), Facundo Colidio for Agustín Palavecino (78′) and Marcelo Herrera for Agustín Sant’Anna (78′).
Player of the match: Franco Armani
The player that probably impressed the most for River Plate was the goalkeeper: Franco Armani. His rating is 8.16. He performed 5 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Superliga.
- Atlético Tucumán – River Plate – 0-0
- Deportivo Riestra – Vélez Sarsfield – 1-2
- Platense – Belgrano – 1-1
